That adds the repo as a source FOR 32-bit 7.0 VERSIONS. If you're running 64-bit or 7.1, just modify the line according to hata_ph's links. Now restart GSlapt and enable/disable it, or do so with a text editor.

Keep in mind that packages in untested are purged weekly, so if a mention is more than a week old it's either been moved or simply deleted. The buildscripts are still present, so if you're interested in a particular package that might have been purged, ask in its thread about it.

I installed it, and that went fine. After logging in I did a few things (started Firefox, changed the wallpaper, little stuff like that). All of that went fine, nothing exploded, so that was good. I'll keep testing stuff when I can. The basic functionality seems to be in place. Assuming that development continues as it has so far, it looks like this will be an excellent DE for *nix machines.

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"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." - Linus Torvalds, April 1991

Since lxqt use latest libfm and menu-cache, if you are using the default LXDE DE on 7.0 Light, you might want to update your pcmanfm, obconf, lxpanel and others LXDE packages available on the testing repo...btw, since LXQt is gonna replace LXDE in the future, I would suggest do not install both on the same box...

For the missing icons on lxqt, you need to choose a icons theme under LXQt System Settings. You might want to download or use another full icons theme for better appearances.If the icons still show blank or empty after change to a new icon theme, most probably is due to the desktop file is pointing to an invalid icon or not using full icon path.

Enabled untested repo and installed meta package. After selecting an icon theme and a few more appearance tweaks, log out and back in, the menu had icons for almost all entries. Right-clicking the desktop icons revealed a "Shortcut editor" which let me choose icons.

Obviously this is far from a finished product, but it looks promising.

Hata_ph, upgrading to glib2-2.37.6 (via 'testing' repo) did the trick. LXQt now has a panel and seems to be working fine for the most part. Most icons are now visible as well—in general and in PCManFM-Qt specifically.

I had a hunch that there might be issues installing LXQt alongside a preexisting LXDE. Hence I backed up my partition before starting to play. And this old laptop isn't my primary system. That distinction belongs to my (slightly less) old desktop. I figure I'll thrash on this a bit and then reinstall from the partition image backup if need be. Might even enable 'testing' and then upgrade all packages just to see what happens. I'll likely play with upgrading the stock LXDE packages, as you suggested, before I get that adventurous though. : }

Thanks for your tips, hata_ph. I'll post back here if I come across more worth noting. I'm also open to suggestions as to features and configurations to test and explore.